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... headed up into the mountains it started raining and snowing heavily. When I say up into the mountains we only went up from 700m (Sam Martin) to 1000m (The pass) but anything from 800m upwards can get heavy snow in this part of the world even apparently in summer. We couldn’t see the famed mountain scenery that stretches in all directions as we could hardly see outside of ...

Our bus to neuquen was good, despite the horrible food, which continued through to breakfast. The cama seats are so awesome and for only an extra $5 ish, so totally worth it. We arrived at 630 and we moved to where our net bus was to depart from.

An hour passed, then another, then another until finally at 10:15, our bus that was meant to leave at 745 arrived. The bus company "el rapido" should be called "el crapido" . We ...

Neuquen, an important commercial and agricultural centre, is a provincial capital on the confluence of two rivers. We chose to spend Easter Sunday here to break up a long journey as we made our way north. The city did not have any major draws but it was a good place to experience everyday Argentinian life, which on this Sunday included park ...

We spent Christmas with Nick, Connie, Sofi & Lucas, along with Connie's family: her three sisters & one brother, their partners and their children, all round at her parents' house. Traditionally, the big family celebration is on the night of Christmas ...

... or ‘just a little five’. And we passed a poster outside a shop advertising that they sold clothes for men, women, children and “gordit@s” – that’s ‘little fatties’, the @ ingeniously encompassing both the masculine –o ending and feminine –a; I don’t know why we don’t see that more.

However, we found that Bolivians all the way across the country made no bones about ...